PROPOSED LEDE: DESPITE SOME MEMBERS OF CONGRESS VOICING OPPOSITION TO THE CURRENT ESCALATION, THE UNITED STATES IS POISED TO SPEND 7.5 BILLION NEXT YEAR TO ARM AND TRAIN GOVERNMENT FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN.
THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND NATO FORCES IN THE COUNTRY IS WIDELY PERCEIVED AS CONTRIBUTING TO THE GROWING RATE OF CIVILIAN DEATHS, WITH A 40% JUMP IN 2008 AND PERHAPS AS MUCH AS 30% THIS YEAR.
WHILE OPINION POLLS AT HOME SHOW AMERICANS EVENLY DIVIDED ON SUPPORTING THE WAR, THE REVOLUTIONARY ASSOCIATION OF THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN OR RAWA HAS LAUNCHED A 2009 USA TOUR TO APPEAL FOR RESISTANCE AGAINST OCCUPATION AND FUNDAMENTALISM.
LAST WEDNESDAY, ON THE 8TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR, THE CUNY GRADUATE CENTER IN MANHATTAN HOSTED A MEMBER OF RAWA NAMED ZOYA AND OTHER SPEAKERS TO SPEAK ON THE CURRENT SITUATION IN THIS REGION OF THE WORLD.
WBAI FRED NGUYEN WAS THERE AND HE FILED THIS REPORT:
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